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Heritage of Dreams, Twenty-Seven Years with the Austin Poetry Society
Austin, Texas Austin Poetry Society 1976 First Edition Soft Cover Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Scarce collection of poems by members of Austin Poetry Society covering 27 years. 3 Texas Poet Laureates are represented. 139 pp. Trade paperback is sound with creasing and slight tearing to wraps. Spine and hinge areas are sun-faded. Several inscription to previous owner on verso of front wrap. Clean interior. Some yellowing of page ends. Stated 1st Printing.
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18.50 USD
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Soundings: Writings from the Rice Institute
Houston, TX Anson Jones Press 1953 Limited Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Signed by Author
This is #19 of a limited edition of 500. Sponsored by the Owen Wister Literary Society. This copy was owned by one contributor who became a professor of literature at TCU. Signed by several of contributors. Selections from writers who were students at the time, 1953, or had association with the Rice Institute, including William Goyen, David Westheimer and a poem by James Dickey, "Utterance I" - very early book appearance of a Dickey poem. 159 pp. Tight copy with a number of clippings and photos taped to end papers which has caused ghosting. Light wear on corners and spine ends. Dust jacket has price intact and is bright with some small creases. Top edge has several small, closed tears. Now in protective cover.
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50.00 USD
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Baxter Black Coyote Cowboy Poetry
Denver Coyote Cowboy Company 1986 0939343002 / 9780939343003 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Don Gill, Bob Black & Friends
Self-described as cowboy, cowboy poet, ex-veterinarian and sorry team roper, Black's humor and poetry kept me smiling as I tried to write this description. Each poem is illustrated by different artists, including Texas cartoonist Ace Reid. Oversized format - 8 1/2"W X 11 1/2"H. Bright, crisp and clean with minor wear to boards. Dust jacket has light edgewear and creasing on spine ends. Rear top hinge area has closed 1/2" tear. Light rubbing shows on blue portions, on flap folds and hinge edges. Spine is slightly faded from sun.
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20.00 USD
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George Keithley The Donner Party
New York George Braziller 1972 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Epic poem of the tragic Donner Party. Stated 1st. Clean and tight copy. Boards have light edgewear and a very slight right lean. Light fabric of front cover has an area which is slightly lighter than the rest, which follows the line of a tear in the dust jacket. That tear was repaired with tape from the inside, but apparently not before some fading took place. However, it is barely discernible. The dust jacket also has a 1" tear on the top edge near the corner which has been taped from the inside. Top of spine has creasing and chipping with some tearing. Corners have wear, and bottom of spine has slight creasing.
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14.50 USD
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Lamb, Mary Wright After the Badlands
Ars Poetica Press 1961 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dust Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Signed perhaps by author, and inscribed to CEO and founder of Radio Shack, "Inscribed to Charles Tandy with affectionate regards, Mary (Connell) Jan. '75". 53 pp. Collection of poetry. Yellow boards show a little soiling/rubbing, while front board has some minor indentions. Corners and spine ends are lightly bumped. Interior pages have pale damp stain about 1" up from bottom at gutter.
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20.00 USD
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Lee, Henry G. Nothing But Praise
Culver City, CA Murray & Gee 1948 First Edition Hard Cover Very Good No Dust Jacket 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Poems of 1st Lt. Henry G. Lee, who survived the Bataan Death March, imprisonment at Cabanatuan and other Japanese POW camps but was killed while being shipped to Formosa aboard a 'hellship'. He buried his poetry under his barracks at Cabanatuan, and it was found after the camp was liberated by American rangers & scouts and Filippino guerillas, Jan. 1945. Lt. Lee's parent's published the poems and letters in 1948. Alice Springs, in her book, 'The Most Dangerous Man in America' said of Lee's work, "...few soldiers leave poems of such quality, but Lee's are celebrated for their restrained and remarkable beauty.". Gray-blue boards with black print showing a little rubbing. Light corner bumping and edge wear. Spine is creased and rubbed, and rear board has 1/4" oval paint spot. Some darkening of edges. Front paste down paper has previous owner's book plate.Opens to signature in a few places, but is a sturdy and clean copy. Rare hard back first printing.
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495.00 USD
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Miller, Vassar; Bonazzi, Robert, Editor Selected and New Poems 1950-1980
Austin, Texas Latitudes Press 1981 First Edition Hard Cover Near Fine Very Good+ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Initialed by author on front free end paper, V.M. 157 pp. + Index. Book is bright, crisp, tight and clean with very slight edgewear. Dust jacket is bright with very light edgewear and faint spotting where price tag was on upper right corner off front panel. Rear panel has small rubbed area. Very nice copy.
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35.00 USD
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Morgan Callaway, Jr. Ph.D. Select Poems of Sidney Lanier
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1895 No Stated Edition Cloth Good+ No Jacket 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
Collection of Sidney Lanier's poetry edited and introduced by Morgan Callaway, Jr., Ph.D., Associate Professor of English Philology, University of Texas. Book is tight and sound in its maroon boards which have some spotting and edgewear. Spine is somewhat sun faded and has chipping with about 1/4 in. loss at bottom with very slight loss at top. Corners are somewhat bumped, and back board has some fading. Pages have yellowed, and previous owner's name, once Professor of English at TCU, is on fpdp.
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20.00 USD
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William D. Barney Long Gone to Texas
Austin Nortex Press 1986 0890155453 / 9780890155455 First Edition Hard Cover Fine Very Good++ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Barney was Poet Laureate of Texas, 1982-1983, and this volume won the Nortex Press Book Award sponsored by the Poetry Society of Texas. 58 pp. Crisp, bright, clean and tight copy. Dust jacket is also bright and crisp. Spine ends show a little wear. Very nice copy.
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22.50 USD
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